宫庙与社会互动之变迁--以马来西亚槟城巡按庙为例

Changes of the Interation Between the Temple and Society--A Case Study of Penang Soon Aun Beow Sum Ong Hoo

槟城巡按庙主祀孙、佘、池三位闽南王爷,服务地方华人文化与心灵。随着地方发展、人口增长、信众日增等,巡按庙为回应现代社会变迁,尝试从各方面学习寻找切身定位,尤以结合自身学术研究和服务社区福利工作,来应对社会功能之转变、完善庙宇宗教活动,以发扬闽南王爷信仰精神。本文结合马来西亚槟城闽南王爷信仰的在地化历史背景和经历演变,以巡按庙实际案例,探索该庙的发展变迁,以呈现闽南王爷香火在南洋发展的一种模式。

Penang Soon Aun Beow Sum Ong Hoo is a small temple mainly for worshiping and sacrifice-offering ceremonies of Sun,She,Chi Wang-Ye(the Royal Lord deities),which originated from Minnan region of China for decades.The popularity of the temple has been gradually flourishing with increasing of believers.However,the temple tries hard to learn from all aspects and self-requirement for excellence,to define itself a right position in the fast changing society,while dealing with changes in social function and improving its religious activities,especially supporting academic activities and welfare works for the uplifting of the spirituality of Wang-Ye belief.This paper attempts to combine the historical background and localization of the Wang-Ye belief,and the evolving examples of Penang Soon Aun Beow Sum Ong Hoo as a case,and explore the self-exploration and development of the temple to discover more on the development model of the Wang-Ye belief in Southeast Asia.